MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR
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A book and a wire
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a puppy
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Indians
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a harp
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Detailed explanation-1: -This allegorical depiction of “Manifest Destiny” was painted by John Gast in 1872. In it a female spirit, related to the figure of Liberty, leads a march of pioneers and technological progress ever westward. In one hand she holds a “school book, ” representing enlightenment; with the other she spools out telegraph wire.
Detailed explanation-2: -She is the figure of “Progress”, and on her forehead is a gold star, the “Star of Empire.” In her proper right arm she holds a book, and telegraph wire is looped around her elbow.
Detailed explanation-3: -In her other hand, she holds a telegraph wire, which symbolizes progress in communication. It also symbolizes westward expansion because people will be coming with that communication.
Detailed explanation-4: -The woman in the center is Columbia, the personification of the United States, and on her head is what Crofutt calls “The Star of the Empire".
Detailed explanation-5: -John Gast, American Progress, 1872.